Improvement in machines for feeding fuel to furnaces



` i L ict it known .ninna-Annunci: nonsens and kegon `and State ofMichigan, and improved Machine for Feeding Fuelto Furs. `haces; andare.do hereby `is a hll,`clear,\aiid exact description thereof, which` willenableotheis `skilled in the art to make and use i drawingformingpart`of this' specification, in which l l ALEXANDER nonsens. AND Esaufrginnaur, or V MUSKEGO'NQanoniem.

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` "iheBohodule referred to in these 'Patent To all whom it may] concernEsau TAnnAXtr, of Muskegon, in the county of Mushave invented a newdeclare that the 'following the 'same,.reference being had to. the',accompanying `Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of afurnace-provided with `our improved attachment, the plane section beingindicated by the line xx, Figure?isafrerticaitransverse section of thesame, thcplan'e of section being indicated by the line elly. fir-Lparts. j

Smilarlcttersof reference indicate corresponding `Our invention*relates` to feeders for supplying furnaces wit-hline coal, sawdust,shaviug's, Vor other-comt minuted fuelfand the principle thereofconsists in i graduating tlegpiecesvto a uniform size as they are fedalong, tbrciugfthemiuto ,the lire by a pneumatic 1 power,independentoffthe furnace-draught, and regureceives rotary( mn'tion `by steam orother bis .the spoutfor introducing thefuel. within thecaseB.

, umlerstnndingof our invention,

'if'y it inthe claims.

*andthe case.

latingthe exactlocalityof their deposit.V

. We willnow describeall that is necessary to arfull 1A inthe drawingrepresents a rotary vgingedfwhcel B, `which is securely set up near thefurnace C, l l

`The wheellair is` n'iounted upon a' shaft, @which c is thedischarge-spout of said case, reaching into thefnrnaccicloseelrehindthetire-front d of the same. The `blail'esof'the wheel ,are made of steel,castiron, or'fotherstrong materiahand reach close to the-`iinnercircumference fthe case, so as to gather and `convey .all thepowdered fuel, and, it necessary, cut

any larger pieces thntynm'y cnterbetween' their ends Disahopper, haringawire sci'eeinto be placed upon the spout?) in `an inclined position. Itis made in forni of nii inclined trough with a'wirev bottom.

The fuel to be dischargedinto thel furnace is thrown y grates, and toconsequently distribute 'it-in and then clearly specmachinery.

of the Aupou'this trough, and only-'the portionstinc enough a damper, e,serves to supply -air tothe fan. y I The spout 0 dischargesi'he fuelupon a transverse guide, E, which -is L-shapd in cros'ssection,. andsecured transversely againstY the inner side of 'the firefront d.

ff are plates'. pivotedtothe upright flange of the guide E, and providedwith rods q that extend through Vapertures in the fire-front tothe faceof the furnace.

sitions thatthey will extend across theuguide E'to "deect thee, that iswith 'considerable speed fr-ced into the furnace, to any suitable partof the grateor 'manner'.

There may be one o r more such deflecting-plates in each furnace, theiroperating faces being preferably concave. Having thus described ourVinvention,

We claim as new and'desire to Patent- 4 v 1f. The discharging-throat@leading from a delivery apparatus outside of the furnace, combined, asdescribed, with thetransverse guide E, L-shaped inform, and arrangedagainst the inner side d of the furnace, for the purpose specified.

2. The defiecting-plates f f `arranged 'within Vthe common result ofdepositing the comminuted fuel within the furnace, ou the principlespecified.

- A ALEXANDER' RODGEBS.

ESAU TAR-RANT.

Witnesses:

DANI.; G. GARNSEY,

DANI.. MCLAUGHLIN.

@dite w An opening in the side the case B, regulatgdgby These' plates fcan4 he adjusted into such suitable'pof` suitable secure by Letters.furnace for theU purpose. of guiding the fuel in thelde'- l sireddirection, substantially as herein shoujn and 'd'e- A the guide E,andntliedie- 'f perform' their respective functions and bringabont the Y

